EXCEL POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
32031-STRENGTH OF MATERIALS

UNIT 1 2. A particle O is acted upon by the

PART A
1. Define force. State its unit.
2. State the principle of transmissibility of
forces.
3. Define resultant of forces.
4. What is meant by co planar force?
5. Write down the conditions of
equilibrium.
6. State triangular law of forces.
7. State polygon law of forces..
8. Define limiting friction.
9. What is dynamic friction?
10. Define angle of friction.
PART B
1. State parallelogram law of forces.
2. State Varignon’s theorem.
3. Explain about the system of forces.
4. Distinguish between moment and
couple.
5. Define free body diagram and write the
necessary conditions for the
equilibrium of rigid bodies.
6. Explain external and internal forces.
7. Define support. List the various types
of loads.
8. Explain cone of friction.
PART C
1. Five forces are acting on a particle. The
magnitude of the forces are 300N,
600N, 700N, 900N and P and their
respective angles with horizontal are 00,
600, 1350, 2100 and 2700. If the vertical
component of all the forces is -1000N,
find the value of P. Also calculate the
magnitude and direction of resultant,
assuming that the first force acts
towards the point, while all the
remaining forces act away from the
point.
following forces:
i) 20N inclined 300 to north of
east.
ii) 25N towards the north.
iii) 30N towards north east.
iv) 35N inclined 400 to south of
west.
Find the magnitude and direction of
resultant force.
3. The resultant of two forces acting at an
angle of 600 is √148N. If the same
forces acting at right angles their
resultant is 10N. Determine the
magnitude of the two forces.
4. The magnitude of the resultant of two
concurrent forces including angle 900
between them is √13 kN. When the
included angle between the forces is
600, the magnitude of their resultant is
√19 kN. Find the magnitude of the two
forces.
5. The resultant of two concurrent forces
is 1500N and angle between the forces
is 900. The resultant makes an angle of
360 with on the force. Find the
magnitude of each force.
6. Discuss the various types or methods of
supports with neat sketches and show
the reactions components of each.
7. State the laws of static and dynamic
friction.
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UNIT 2
PART A
1. Define ductility.
2. Define temperature creep.
3. Define Poisson’s ratio.
4. Define volumetric strain.
5. What is meant by elastic limit?
6. Define fatigue.
7. Define hardness.
8. Define stress with its unit.
9. Define creep.
10. Define Hooke’s law.
11. Define Factor of safety
PART B
1. Distinguish between linear strain and
lateral strain.
2. Define proof resilience and modulus of
resilience.
3. Distinguish between factor of safety
and load factor.
4. Define bulk modulus.
5. Define strain energy.
6. Describe composite bar.
7. A cement concrete cube of 150mm size
crushes at a load of 337.5kN.
Determine the working stress, if FOS is
3.
PART C
1. A circular bar of length 150mm and
diameter of 50mm is subjected to an
axial pull of 400kN. The extension in
length and contraction in diameter were
found to be 0.25mm and 0.02mm
respectively after loading. Calculate (i)
Poisson’s Ratio, (ii) Young’s Modulus,
(iii) Modulus of Rigidity and (iv) Bulk
Modulus.
2. A steel bar of 25mm diameter and a
length of 1m is subjected to a pull of
25kN. If E= 2X105 N/mm2, find the
elongation, decrease in diameter and
increase in volume of the bar. Take
m=4.
3. Two vertical wires each 2.5mm dia and
5m long jointly support a weight of
2.5kN. One wire is of steel and the
other is of different material. If the
wires stretch 6mm elastically, find the
load taken by each and the values of
young’s modulus for the second wire.
The young’s modulus of steel wire is
2X105 N/mm2.
4. A bar of length 150mm is 60mm in
diameter. It is subjected to an axial pull
of 400kN. The extension in length and
contraction in diameter were found to
be 0.25mm and 0.02mm respectively.
Determine the values of elastic
constants.
5. A bar of steel 28mm diameter and
250mm long is subjected to an axial
load of 80kN. It is found that the
diameter has contracted by 1/240mm. If
the modulus of rigidity is 0.8X105
N/mm2, calculate Poisson ratio, bulk
modulus and young’s modulus.
6. A steel bar of 400mm long, 60mm wide
and 15mm thick is subjected to an axial
tension of 100kN. Calculate the final
dimension and change in volume of the
bar. Take
E= 2×105 N/mm2 and 1/m = 0.3.
7. State and explain the three types of
elastic constants.
8. Explain the behaviour of mild steel in
tension upto rupture with stress strain
diagram.
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UNIT 3
PART A
1. Define centriod.
2. Define centre of gravity.
3. Define moment of inertia.
4. Define axis of symmetry.
5. Define radius of gyration.
6. Draw the position of centre of gravity
of rectangle, triangle and circle.
7. What are the three stresses in a thin
cylinder when subjected to internal
pressure?
PART B
1. Distinguish between thin and thick
cylinders.
2. State parallel axis theorem.
3. State perpendicular axis theorem.
4. Define polar moment of inertia.
5. Derive moment of inertia for
rectangular area.
PART C
1. An angle section is of 100mm wide and
120mm deep overall. Both the flanges
of the angles are 10mm thick.
Determine the moment of inertia about
centroidal axes XX and YY.
2. Find Ixx, Iyy,Kxx and Kyy of a T section
with flange 150mm X 20mm and web
100mmX20mm.
3. An I section has the top flange 100mm
X 15mm, web 150mm X 20mm and the
bottom flange 180mm X 30mm.
Calculate Ixx, Iyy and also radius of
gyration about the centroidal axes.
4. A channel section is of size 300mm X
100mm overall. The base as well as the
flanges of the channel is 10mm thick.
Determine the values of moment of
inertia about centroidal axes XX and
YY.
5. Find the centroid of inverted T section
with flange 150 X 20mm and web 100
X 25mm.
UNIT 4
PART A
1. Define shear force.
2. Define bending moment.
3. Define point of contraflexture.
4. Write the sign conversion for shear
force and bending moment.
5. Write the flexural formula or bending
equation.
6. Define neutral axis.
7. Define section modulus.
PART B
1. Write down the assumptions made in
theory of simple bending.
2. Explain the classification of beams.
3. Explain the types of loading.
4. A steel rod of 100mm diameter is to be
bent into circular shape. Find the
maximum radius of curvature to which
it should be bent so that stress in the
steel should not exceed 120 N/mm2.
Take E = 2 X 105N/mm2.
5. Calculate the maximum stress in a
piece of rectangular strip 25mm wide
and 3mm thick when it is bent round a
drum of 2.5m diameter. Take E= 2 X
105 N/mm2.
PART C
1. A cantilever beam of span 2m carries a
point load of 600N at its free end. If the
beam is rectangular section of 100mm
wide and 150mm deep, find the
maximum bending stress induced.
2. A rectangular beam of 300mm deep is
simply supported over a span of 4m,
what UDL the beam may carry, if the
bending stress is not to exceed 120
N/mm2. Take I = 8 X 106 mm4.
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3. A rectangular beam of 200mm deep
and 100mm wide is simply supported
over a span of 8 meters and carries a
central point load of 25kN. Determine
the maximum stress in the beam. Also
calculate the value of longitudinal fibre
stress at a distance of 25mm from the
top surface of the beam.
4. A cast iron water main 450mm bore
and 20mm thick is supported at
intervals of 6m. Assuming each span as
simply supported, find the maximum
stress when (i) the pipe is running full
and (ii) the pipe is empty. Specific
weight of cast iron is 70kN/m3 and
specific weight of water is 9.81kN/m3.
UNIT 5
PART A
1. Define polar modulus.
2. Write down the expression for torsion
equation of a shaft.
3. Define torsional rigidity of a shaft.
4. Write down the various types of
springs.
5. State the applications of springs.
6. Define stiffness of a spring.
PART B
1. State any two assumptions made on
theory of pure torsion.
2. Write down the advantages of hollow
shaft over solid shafts.
3. How do you find the power transmitted
by the shaft?
4. State the difference between open and
closely coiled spring.
5. A closely coiled helical spring made of
steel wire of 10mm diameter has 10
coils of 120mm mean diameter.
Calculate the deflection of the spring
under an axial load of 100N. Take
modulus of rigidity as 1.2 X 105N/mm2.
PART C
1. A weight of 150N is dropped onto a
compression spring with 10coils of
12mm diameter closely coiled to a
mean diameter of 150mm. If the
instantaneous contraction is 140mm,
calculate the height of drop. Take C=
0.8 X 105 N/mm2.
2. A closely coiled helical spring made of
steel wire of 100mm diameter has 10
coils of 120mm mean diameter.
Calculate the deflection under an axial
load of 100N and the stiffness of the
spring. Take C = 1.2 kN/mm2.
3. A truck weighing 30kN and moving at
km/hr has to be brought to rest by
buffer. Find how many springs each of
18 coils will be required to the energy
of motion during a compression of
200mm. The spring is made of 25mm
diameter steel rod, coiled to a mean
diameter of 240mm. Take N = 8.4
X105N/mm2.
4. The mean diameter of a closely coiled
helical spring is 5 times the diameter of
wire. If elongates 8mm under an axial
pull of 120N. If the permissible shear
stress is 40N/mm2, find the size of wire
and no of coils in the spring. N = 0.8 X
105 N/mm2.
5. Design a closely coiled helical spring
of stiffness 20N/mm deflection. The
maximum shear stress in the spring
metal is not to exceed 80N/mm2 under
a load of 600N. The diameter of the
coil is to be 10 times the diameter of
wire. Take N = 85kN/mm2.